Managing the Price of College: A Handbook for Students and Families is a free booklet available from the National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries and Lifelong Learning, the Office of Educational Research and Improvement and the U.S. Department of Education. The booklet shows how families in various income groups manage to pay for college and is based on real experiences of a large number of actual families.
Readers will learn about financial aid, how much might be left over after paying for tuition and other expenses, and why students pay different amounts to attend different tyipes of colleges.
To obtain a copy, call (887) 433-7827, or write to the U.S. Department of Education, ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398.
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